ADVENTIST BLOG Roundup

Be Zao: Contributing writer Brent interviews Mindy Burgin, Executive director of Kirabo Foundation, an organization whose mission is to allow every young person in Uganda the possibility of an education.

Healing the Wounded Feminine: Free lance writer and spiritual coach Julie Smith blogs regularly about the Divine Feminine - the feminine polarity/aspect of God. She suggests that the dominant masculine priesthood and exclusion of feminine priestesshood over the centuries has created an imbalance in our spirituality and in our world.

Jemdude's Truly Outrageous Blog: "Jemdude" writes an open letter to evangelicals and answers the latest criticism by "those who believe Adventists are some kind of 'cult' ".


Adventist Youth: Rice University student Mithun Mansinghani blogs about making honesty the foundation of daily conversation, taking off our masks and being broken in community. He alerts us to stop self-deception, the deception of God, and the deception of the Church.

Spinning In My Teacup: Blogger Leilani, the wife of a youth pastor and mother of two small children offers excellent ideas for celebrating Holy Week (the week before Easter) with your children. She also invites her readers to share ideas.

Rumors of a World Beyond: This unidentified blogger reviews the C.S. Lewis book, The Abolition of Man. Excerpt: "Lewis' scathing on modernism and on the deconstruction of a system of shared, universal values (which he calls the Tao ) is under attack by modern man."

Scribbles from the Journey: Fire fighter and pastor Hanan Merrill takes you on a journey to re-discover the practices for Sabbath keeping centering around 4 general activities: rest, worship, feasting, and play. He states, "What if Sabbath is not about what you can't do, but about what you have Godly permission to do that typical life doesn't either allow to be done or appreciated fully for various reasons?" Read Part 2 , part 3, part 4 and part 5.